Patient Transport for Transplant Patients

Official notice

Authority: Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdVCSE suitable

Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Planned pipeline value£670,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2025from the planned procurement notice

Contract term 4 yrs 11 moends 31 Jul 2030 · starts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Patient transport service for transplant patients, which provides for the collection of recipients on a regional and national basis, bringing them into the Hospital at short notice and with O2 capacity. This is an urgent transport service rather than a fully equipped ambulance service.

CPV: Health services · Road transport services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned 4 yrs 11 moVCSE

Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Jul 2030 (4 yrs 11 mo)

Eligibility: VCSE eligible

60100000 Road transport services 85100000 Health services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 30 May 2025, 11:16 BST
Last source update: 30 May 2025, 11:16 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-028712
Latest notice: Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV): Health servicesRoad transport services
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05297f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

30 May 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 4 dates

Planning notice published
30 May 2025, 11:16 BST
Market engagement
30 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Pre-Market Engagement to be undertake during the month of June 2025, inviting suppliers to respond to a registration of interest document including basic information of the suppliers' capacity and capability to deliver the requirements of service. Further details of the description of services are outlined in the registration of interest document available in the Health Family portal opportunity. The Trust will communicate further information regarding additional supplier engagement sessions. These sessions are anticipated to take place virtually, how the Trust retains the right to undertake further sessions via alternative methods if desired.
Tender notice expected
1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Contract starts
1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Preliminary market engagement notice published
30 May 2025, 11:16 BST
UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDNZ-7768-RRQQ Papworth Road Cambridge Biomedical Campus Cambridge, Cambridge, East of England, CB2 0AYContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender30 May 2025, 11:16 BST